father played the hypocrite in religion. He is the one called ibn-Ubai ibn-Salûl, Salûl being the mother of Ubai and of [the clan of] Khuzâʿah, and he bears her name. His father was Mâlik ibn-al-Ḥârith of the banu-l-Khazraj (others say he suffered martyrdom in the battle of Juwâtha at al-Baḥrain); ʿUḳbah ibn-ʿÂmir ibn-Nâbiʾ of the banu-Salimah of al-Khazraj; and al-Ḥârith ibn-Kaʿb ibn-ʿAmr of the banu-an-Najjâr. The Prophet had sent Ḥabîb ibn-Zaid ibn-Âṣim of the banu-Mabdhûl ibn-ʿAmr ibn-Ghanm ibn-Mâzin ibn-an-Najjâr, together with ʿAbdallâh ibn-Wahb al-Aslami to Musailimah. Musailimah did not molest ʿAbdallâh, but cut off the hands and feet of Ḥabîb. The mother of Ḥabîb was Nusaibah, daughter of Kaʿb. According to al-Wâḳidi, the two men [sent by the Prophet] came from ʿUmân in the company of ʿAmr ibn-al-ʿÂṣi. Musailimah drove them back. ʿAmr and all those in his company escaped, with the exception of these two who were captured. In the battle of al-Yamâmah, Nusaibah took part in the fight and returned with a number of wounds inflicted on her. She is the mother of Ḥabîb and ʿAbdallâh, the sons of Zaid. She also took part in the battle of Uḥud, and was one of the two women who "swore allegiance" in the day of al-ʿAḳabah.[1] Other martyrs of the battle of al-Yamâmah were ʿÂʾidh ibn-Mâʿis az-Zuraḳi of al-Khazraj and Yazîd ibn-Thâbit al-Khazraji, a brother of Zaid ibn-Thâbit, the authority on "The Laws of Heritage."[2]
Regarding the number of those that fell as martyrs in al-Yamâmah, there is no agreement. The minimum estimate mentioned is 700, the maximum 1,700, while others assert that they were 1,200.
